Pamela Anderson, Hrithik prefer a Jaguar

The Tata's are driving home Jaguar and Land Rover, which are considered ultimate global symbols of luxury and class. A Jaguar and a Land Rover is perhaps the last car one would associate with jam-packed roads in India. But not any more as after gifting the Nano to the aam aadmi the Tata's will now make sure the Jaguar and Land Rover is within every millionaire’s reach. The Jag as it's fondly called is one of the most desirable vehicles in the world and no wonder that some of the most desirable women in the world chose a Jag.

Pamela Anderson and Kate Winslet chose the Jag as their preferred set of wheels. For Winslet, Jag was the only machine that could impress her after the Titanic. And it's not just Hollywood as back home Rakesh Roshan gifted his son Hrithik a Jag on his birthday, which he considers a piece of art rather than a car.

Other Indian celebs to have owned Jaguars include Jackie Shroff and Shekhar Kapur. But if you prefer the macho Land Rover for raw power, so do Anil Ambani and Sanjay Dutt.

What's more even the Dalai Lama reportedly owned a vintage Land Rover from 1966 to 1975.

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Nude portrait of Carla Bruni to go on sale

The new First Lady of France, Carla Bruni is in the news again.

Christie's auction house will be selling a nude portrait the French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife.

The portrait taken more than a decade ago when the now wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy was working as a model.

The gelatin silver print, taken by photographer Michel Comte in 1993, depicts Bruni in a standing pose, apparently in reference to the paintings of French neo-impressionist artist Georges Seurat depicting models.

Christie's defended its decision to put on sale a nude image of a serving first lady, describing Bruni as "one of the most beautiful women in the world."

"It's a work of art. It was shot in 1993 when Miss Bruni was a model and it's a tasteful nude portrait executed by a well known, respectable artist," Milena Sales, spokeswoman from Christie's said.

"Christie's stands by the works it represents to its clients, it doesn't censor or pass judgement on any content or subject matter. It's a perfectly respectable work of art," she added.

The photograph comes from a collection of photographs that includes works by Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon and Leni Riefenstahl, featuring among other images, nudes of British models Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.

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HOT pics: Enamor teen collection

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Doctor held over Australia deaths

An Indian doctor accused in connection with the deaths of three patients at an Australian hospital has been arrested in the US.

Dr Jayant Patel was taken into custody by FBI agents at his home in Oregon.

The Australian government has requested his extradition to face 16 charges relating to his work at Bundaberg Base hospital in Queensland.

The charges include three counts of manslaughter, three of grievous bodily harm and two counts of negligence.

During two years in Australia, Dr Patel treated more than 1,200 patients and 87 deaths were initially linked to his care.

At the Bundaberg Base hospital, where he was director of surgery between 2003 and 2005, he gained a reputation for poor hygiene and sloppy procedures, with nurses complaining that he failed to wash his hands between patients.

One former colleague, an infection control specialist, said Dr Patel once claimed that doctors' hands "don't have germs".

Before arriving in Australia, he had a long record of disciplinary action and malpractice lawsuits from previous periods of working in the US.

Former patients of the surgeon have expressed relief and delight at his arrest.

Each manslaughter count carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

10,000 B.C.

Cast: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis

Director: Roland Emmerich

Don't go into the cinema to watch 10,000 BC if you're expecting an authentic look at the prehistoric era, because there's virtually nothing authentic about this film.

For heaven's sake don't take your impressionable young children to this film or they'll end up muddling their history so irreparably, it'll take a lifetime to put them back on the right track.

The fact that 10,000 BC has been directed by effects-heavy script-light disaster-movie veteran Roland Emmerich should tell you all you need to know about this film - it's got a preposterous plot much like the director's previous films Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla; it compromises narrative for heavy-duty special effects; and enough stupid people will probably like this movie for it to be a box-office hit.

A hunter named D'Leh leads a group of comrades to the end of the world to bring back his childhood sweetheart who's been kidnapped by a tribe of mysterious horsemen. This group must encounter all kinds of strange beasts including saber-toothed tigers and predatory birds as they make their journey across snow-swept mountains, tropical forests and endless deserts.

There's also lots of mumbo jumbo about an aged female spiritual leader who pops into the frame every few minutes to make startling prophecies that ring dangerously true.

Painfully long and unbearably tedious, 10,000 BC is easily the worst film I've seen recently because it has absolutely no story to speak of and yet it takes itself so seriously, you'd think they were setting out to make an epic.

The special effects aren't particularly great either - that mammoth-chase scene is shoddy, and the one in the forest with those strange ostrich-like birds pecking on our heroes is laughable to say the least.

At best some of that sweeping cinematography is breathtaking, but that aside, this is one complete failure of a film. Let's not even bring up the fact that D'Leh's tribe seems to speak fluent English strangely enough, and woolly mammoths seem to have made themselves perfectly at home in those sandy, sunny deserts working at pyramid construction sites.

Like I said earlier, it's a film where quite literally, anything happens. Unlike Independence Day or The Day After Tomorrow which also required the suspension of disbelief, this one is just plain boring. Nothing exciting happens, you're never taken by surprise.

Then that's zero out of five and two thumbs down for Roland Emmerich's 10,000 BC, believe me your time would be better spent if you stared at the sunset instead. Avoid this one at all costs.

Girl geeks meet for International Women's Day

A new support group for Australian women in the IT industry has emerged in the lead up to International Women's Day.

Predominantly targeted at female computer scientists and software engineers, Girl Geek Dinners is a technically focussed group that aims to fill what organisers say is a vacuum in user groups for women technologists in Sydney.

The next dinner will take place on Sunday March 9 at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. Dubbed Dinner 01, the event follows a successful inaugural dinner that was sponsored by Google and IT consultancy ThoughtWorks and held on February 28.

"Providing a group that shows you are part of a growing part of your industry encourages people to stay in IT and others to join," said Damana Madden, co-founder and organiser of Girl Geek Dinners and a consultant at ThoughtWorks.

"There is a technical focus [of Girl Geek Dinners] with the intention of having fun and connecting with other women in IT."

Industry response to the new group has been very strong Madden said, so much so that the organisers were forced to restrict the number of attendees at the inaugural dinner to 45 people.

And while the group specifically focuses on women it was a man who initially got the Girl Geek Dinner ball rolling.

"Jason Yip, who I work with, came to me with the idea and together we organised the first dinner - Dinner Zero," Madden said.

"Our interest is creating an environment in IT that encourages more diversity - not just concerning women. Different people bring different ideas to the work environment," she said.

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